An adaptation of the Dave Eggers novel that struggles to make itself stand out, content instead to coast by on gentle comedy and Hanks’ charm. Pleasant but ultimately forgettable.
A Hologram For The King has a redemptive, comic undertow.
If you’re looking for an adult maturation story, told with real panache, you could do a whole lot worse.
A wistful charmer of a film buoyed by another great Hanks performance.
Hanks gives a superb performance and the picture is beautifully shot but the story drags and a romantic sub-plot with a local female doctor (Sarita Choudhury) fails to convince.
Even Tom Hanks’s reliable hassled everyman act can’t lift this tale of an IT salesman adrift in the Saudi desert.
General release. Check local listings for show times.
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